by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 7, 2016 | Brave, Broken and Raw, Even If Not, Faith, My Health Story
“I wonder if she’ll notice…” There’s a long scar straight down the back of my head, reaching up from the base of my neck. Last week I sat in a black swivel chair, my face reflecting back to me in the mirror as a kind and friendly stranger...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 6, 2016 | Broken and Raw, Faith, My Health Story
It’s 10:46pm on July 5, 2016 and I’m crying at a blank page. There is so much to say and somehow it feels like I’ve written every single line before. It also feels brand new. There’s nothing new to say under the sun and we’ve gone around...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jun 30, 2016 | Faith, My Health Story
Everything changed six years ago. After months of praying for answers, we got them. Five months of sickness, questions, doubts and frustrations came together mid-morning on the last day of June. The nurse led us from the waiting room to the one room I had seen but...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Feb 18, 2016 | Books, Even If Not, My Health Story
This post is an excerpt from Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between. I never would have written a brain tumor into my story but I would never wish to write it out. It was a part of me and now it is , one I never expected to have and now...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 13, 2015 | Faith, Fear, Haiti, My Health Story
“Well, there’s nothing interesting here.” Yeah, I’ve never been happier to be boring. The results came back, , and for the first time in five years I get a bit of a break before going back for more tests. You can tell me all the day long that...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 6, 2015 | My Health Story, Story
This is my story. It is messy. It isn’t pretty all the way through. It is confusing and unfair and gracious and mine. It is mine to tell. It is mine to live. It is my responsibility to share. Because if every story matters, then mine does too. This is what I get...